One of our past CWAJ scholars, Ms. Sangita Rajbongshi Das, has joined COAST Foundation as an honorary advisor. COAST Foundation, a national NGO based in Bangladesh, organizes activities related to development and equitable improvement in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Ms. Das will be working remotely from Tokyo, where she is based. At a recent meeting held in Dhaka, Ms. Das was briefed on the ongoing projects of COAST. She is particularly interested in a possible water purification project in one of the islands, where the residents lose access to clean drinking water every time there is a cyclone. Among other things, she hopes to introduce COAST to a Japanese company that makes portable water purification systems.
